Shloka 86

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

सांख्या: सर्वे सांख्यधर्मे रताश्न तद्धद्‌ योगा योगधर्मे रताश्न । ये चाप्यन्ये मोक्षकामा मनुष्या- स्तेषामेतद्‌ दर्शन ज्ञानदृष्टम्‌ू

Transliteration

sāṅkhyāḥ sarve sāṅkhyadharme ratāś ca tadvad yogā yogadharme ratāś ca | ye cāpy anye mokṣakāmā manuṣyās teṣām etad darśanaṃ jñānadṛṣṭam ||

Translation

యాజ్ఞవల్క్యుడు పలికెను—సాంఖ్యధర్మంలో నిమగ్నమైన సాంఖ్యవేత్తలందరికీ, యోగధర్మంలో స్థిరమైన యోగులకూ, అలాగే మోక్షాన్ని కోరే ఇతర మనుష్యులకూ ఈ ఉపదేశం. ఇది జ్ఞానాధారిత దర్శనం; మోక్షార్థి సాధకునికి ప్రత్యక్ష ఫలాన్ని ప్రసాదించేది.

Word by Word

• {'sāṅkhyāḥ': 'followers/knowers of Sāṅkhya

• those devoted to discriminative analysis of reality', 'sarve': 'all', 'sāṅkhya-dharma': 'the discipline/path of Sāṅkhya (a way of life grounded in discernment)', 'ratāḥ': 'engaged in, devoted to, delighting in', 'tadvad': 'likewise, in the same way', 'yogāḥ': 'yogins

• practitioners of Yoga', 'yoga-dharma': 'the discipline/path of Yoga (practice-oriented spiritual discipline)', 'anye': 'others', 'mokṣa-kāmāḥ': 'desiring liberation', 'manuṣyāḥ': 'human beings', 'teṣām': 'for them/of them', 'etat': 'this (teaching/instruction)', 'darśanam': 'vision

• direct seeing', 'jñāna': 'knowledge

• liberating insight', 'dṛṣṭam': 'seen/realized

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Sāṅkhya
• Yoga
• mokṣa (liberation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The instruction is presented as universally applicable to sincere seekers of liberation—whether they follow Sāṅkhya (discernment and analysis), Yoga (practice and discipline), or other mokṣa-oriented paths. Its hallmark is that it leads to direct, experiential knowledge (jñāna) rather than mere theory.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Yājñavalkya is delivering a philosophical discourse on liberation. Here he explicitly addresses multiple spiritual constituencies—Sāṅkhyas, yogins, and other seekers—framing his teaching as a shared, insight-producing guidance for all who aim at mokṣa.